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Notable Quotes

Be Proud

May 05, 2014

Regardless of where we fit in, we need to be proud of our people. — Harry James Sr., Navajo

Distracted

May 02, 2014

Everybody is so distracted by things for the self. They don’t care about their relatives anymore. The SUV shows how we feel about the environment. To turn this around, we need to go back to the earth and live with the earth spiritually. — Floyd Red Crow Westerman

Custer

April 30, 2014

Custer is said to have boasted that he could ride through the entire Sioux Nation with his Seventh Cavalry, and he was half right. He got half-way through. — Vine Deloria Jr.

Wildlife

April 28, 2014

Those who wish to pet and baby wildlife love them, but those who respect their natures and wish to let them live their natural lives, love them more. — Edwin Way Teale

Reaffirming Sovereignty

April 25, 2014

We have to have a sustained national sovereignty effort. We must rekindle the [National Congress of American Indians'] effort to reaffirm sovereignty.' — Tex Hall, former NCAI president

We Have Rights

April 23, 2014

We are not as isolated and uneducated as we once were. We have lawyers; we have political rights and a special political status. No longer do we allow encroachment within our own boundaries. — Ken Davis, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

The Sacredness

April 21, 2014

In school, I learned that my people were savages. But now I see I come from people who were beautiful and intelligent. I see the sacredness of being Indian. — Carol Welsh, Sisseton-Wahpeton

We Can't Be Selfish

April 18, 2014

We can't be selfish. We don't come here for ourselves. Whether we know it or not, our people, our tribes, are depending on us. — Casey Douma, president of Haskell Indian University's Student Senate

What We Believe In

April 16, 2014

We must always fight for what we believe in. We must never tire in our fight. It does not really matter how we fight, what matters is what we are fighting for. — Dino Butler, American Indian Movement

Tribe Follows Tribe

April 14, 2014

Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. — Chief Seattle